~Date: ~November 03~

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Fang Zida's guess was correct, but in just a few days he received news that proved that Liao Zhongkai had indeed secretly arrived in Japan, but Liao Zhongkai did not contact Sun Yat-sen in Japan, but only met several old Tongmeng members. He spent several days in Tokyo, Nagoya and other places, and then took a cruise to the United States in Nagasaki and went to San Francisco.

Fang Zida secretly let go of this news. At the same time, he vaguely guessed the purpose of Liao Zhongkai's trip. It seems that Song Jiaoren is not simple. Sun Yat-sen's repeated attacks completely angered Song Jiaoren. Since KT Song and Sun broke up and parted ways, Song Jiaoren has been tolerant of Sun Yat-sen, in order to unite within KT and stabilize the overall situation. Now Song Jiaoren no longer intends to tolerate it. As his position in KT and the government has become increasingly consolidated, he decided to take action and completely cut off Sun Yat-sen's foundation.

To win over the revolutionaries in Japan and recruit them back to ensure the stability of the domestic political situation was the main task of Liao Zhongkai's trip. He took the cruise ship to the United States because Sun Yat-sen had American overseas Chinese behind, that is, the existence of the Zhigong Party. Since the end of the 19th century, the Zhigong Party formed by Henghong Party has always been an important force and backing for the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty. After the establishment of the Tongmenghui, the Zhigong Party provided a large amount of financial assistance and directly sent backbone forces to support the domestic revolution. It can be said that without the help of the Zhigong Party, the successful revolution of overthrowing the Qing Dynasty might have to wait for a few more years. This shows how great the Zhigong Party has helped the Chinese revolution.

Sun Yat-sen and Song Jiao-ren were both members of the Zhigong Party. However, Sun Yat-sen was born in Honolulu. The relationship between the senior leaders of the Zhigong Party and the Henghong Party was closer than that of Song Jiao-ren. In addition, Song Jiao-ren's ruling philosophy was extremely conflicting with Sun Yat-sen, and they were also out of place with the leaders of the Zhigong Party. Therefore, since the establishment of KT, Song Jiao-ren and the Zhigong Party have maintained a close relationship, which is far less close than Sun Yat-sen and the Zhigong Party.

Song and Sun turned against each other. After the KT split, Sun Wen's revolutionary party funding was not only part of the sponsorship of party members, but the support of the Child Democratic Party was also the main reason why he could maintain it. Now, Song Jiaoren sent a powerful general Liao Zhongkai to the United States. It seems that he wanted to hold a negotiation with the Child Democratic Party. Regardless of the outcome of the negotiation, it expressed Song Jiaoren's determination. As a Prime Minister of the Republic of China who has begun to realize constitutionalism. Song Jiaoren will never allow a political party under his rule that under his rule that under his ruling is a political party that destroys national stability and tries to split the country.

Since Liao Zhongkai is carrying such a heavy responsibility, it is understandable that his whereabouts are so secret. Moreover, although Liao Zhongkai supports Song Jiaoren's ruling philosophy and is his right-hand assistant and an important figure in KT, his personal relationship with Sun Yat-sen and the top leaders of the Zhigong Party has always been very good, and he is also the most suitable candidate for this matter. Fang Zida speculated that Song Jiaoren may have noticed the small moves between Sun Yat-sen and the Japanese, but he has been silent. His current move is showing his final attitude.

A few days later, Fang Zida returned to Beijing. Before he could rest at home, Song Jiaoren sent someone to come over and asked him to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion immediately.

"This is just sent by the Russian ambassador, you can take a look first." As soon as Fang Zida sat down, Song Jiaoren handed over a document.

"Russian Ambassador?" Fang Zida asked in surprise, then carefully looked at the documents in his hand.

This is indeed a document sent by the Russian ambassador. Or a request made by Tsar Nicholas II to the Chinese government. In the document, the Russian Tsar first promoted the long history of Sino-Russia friendship, and then proposed whether China, as a friendly neighbor, and the neutral country in this war, could provide some small help to Tsarist Russia? After saying the cliché, a dense list of "small requirements" was released after the document, which not only included a huge amount of civilian supplies, but also a large number of military supplies, and even orders of more than 1 million rifles.

"What do you think?" Song Jiaoren asked with a squinted eyes, squinted.

Fang Zida waved the document in his hand and smiled: "Nicholas II can't stand it anymore and is anxious. Look, he even said that China and Russia have been in the friendship between generations. Haha, Brother Dunchu, are we China and Russia having friendship with each other for generations?"

Fang Zida's rhetoric made Song Jiaoren laugh. Since the Battle of Kangxi and Nibchu in the Qing Dynasty, there has never been friendship between China and Russia. For hundreds of years, Tsarist Russia has been like a polar bear that will never be full, swallowing nearly 4.5 million square kilometers of land on China. Especially whenever the great powers invade in modern times, Tsarist Russia will take advantage of the situation to rob and tear off a piece of fat from the weak China. It can be said that China and Russia only have deep hatred and no friendship exists at all.

The European war continued, and Germany, which failed to defeat France, formed a stalemate with Britain and France after the Battle of Marne, and the war began to enter a positional warfare stage. As Tsar Nicholas II's Russian army came out to take advantage of the situation and sent troops to East Prussia, the German Emperor William decided to draw troops on the Western Front and turn to the Eastern Front to fight with all his might, and defeat the annoying country bumpkin behind him, Nicholas II.

The Tsarist Russia's number of troops was the largest in the world, but its quality was far inferior to the elite German army. Taking advantage of the opportunity of Germany, France and Britain fighting fiercely on the Western Front, Nicholas II commanded the army to suddenly attack East Prussia, trying to attack something and catch a hard one. But who would have thought that Germany suddenly turned around and snatched the Tsar's peasant militia who had just put down his hoe and picked up his rifle, and not only did he withdraw from the large area that had already occupied, but he was damaged.

The loss was heavy until he retreated to Russia and he barely blocked the fierce attack of the Germans by relying on the continuous filling of human navigation techniques. However, Britain and France, who were highly expected by Nicholas II, suffered huge losses in the Battle of the Marne River and were unable to launch a new attack in the face of the Germans with strict defense. In this way, a strange and peaceful situation occurred on the Western Front, which had been fighting vigorously some time ago, and Nicholas II, who was stealing chickens without losing money on the rice on the Eastern Front, was beaten to the point of being blue and swollen by the Germans. He cried everywhere.

Although Tsarist Russia was a great power, it has always been a country bumpkin in the eyes of Western countries. In addition to the vast territory and a large number of army, the Russian army was only second-rate, whether it was quality, general command ability, or their naval scale. To this extent, Nicholas II's request for help from the Allies was not answered at all. Britain and France themselves didn't care about it, so how could they support Tsarist Russia, which was separated by the allies? Moreover, relying on Russia's naval foundation, it was no match for the German high seas fleet at all. It could not get assistance in the west. Nicholas II, who was anxious, could only turn his attention to the east, that is, the United States, Japan and China.

The Americans were willing to help Nicholas II. But this help required white silver and gold. The Americans were smart in business. If you want something, you can exchange it for money! And the Americans were not responsible for transportation. Nicholas II had to find a way to transport it back by himself when he bought it. As for Japan, Tsarist Russia and Japan had no choice but to fight a big battle a few years ago, and finally lost face in the whole world. Moreover, the Japanese were not inferior to the Americans' ability to take advantage of the situation. Nicholas II turned his attention to China around him, especially when he learned that the new rifle equipped by the Chinese National Defense Forces was actually a counterfeit Russian Mosinnagan rifle. He didn't care about accusing China of making a private transformation without Russia's consent, and directly made such a thing and sent it to the Prime Minister's Office.

After thinking about it, Fang Zida said, "There is no problem with things. Although the number on it is too large, it can still be solved if you think of a solution. Moreover, it is not a ** product. In my opinion, this war will not end in a short period of time."

Song Jiaoren nodded. He agreed with Fang Zida's judgment, not to mention that there is no reason to reject the deal that came to the door, but he has not made up his mind to do the specific operation.

"What price did Nicholas II offer?" Fang Zida found that the price was not indicated on the list, so he looked up and asked Song Jiaoren.

“Haha, there are two options.”

"Oh..." Fang Zida lit a cigar and listened quietly.

Song Jiaoren said: "First, Tsarist Russia exchanged 7,000 square kilometers of land in Pamir, Xinjiang occupied in the 21st year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty or 8,000 square kilometers of land in northwest of Karda, Yixi occupied in the 9th year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty."

"No!" Fang Zida sneered: "Just, Nicholas II is really good at making a plan for the land we ceded to exchange for our things! You can get such a big advantage without spending a penny. When the war is over, you will find a way to take it back. Can we all be suspicious?"

"Zhengming, that's not what it means. In fact, this condition can be considered." Song Jiaoren frowned slightly when he saw Fang Zida's objection: "Reclaiming the country is a great thing for the people and the people. Even some of the efforts are worth it. Besides, you also judge how many years it will take to finish this war, and with the national strength of the Republic of China, they will be able to lose their weight."

"Brother Dunchu, you didn't think of Qing* Island?" Fang Zida asked with a smile. Song Jiaoren looked a little embarrassed. Yes, Song Jiaoren wanted to take this opportunity to take back Qing* Island's major initiative in order to increase the prestige of the central government, unite the people's hearts, and accelerate local construction.

Shaking his head, Fang Zida opposed: "The things on Qinghai Island are very different from this time. Germany is different from Russia. Germany is far away from China and its homeland is in Europe. China and Germany are not bordered. Qinghai Island as an enclave has no big impact on Germany. On the contrary, it can also obtain a potential ally in the war through this opportunity. But Russia is different. The historical lessons of Tsarist Russia's annexation for our country over the past hundred years are vivid in my mind. The Russians' commitments are absolutely unbelievable. Moreover, the regional ethnic relations they exchanged have always been complicated, and the central government cannot send heavy troops there at all, and it will inevitably change in the future."

This was something Song Jiaoren didn't expect, or that his mind was always thinking about how to take back the country and inspire the people. When Jing Fangzida reminded him, he suddenly felt something was wrong and couldn't help but think about it.

"The second solution is not to mention. In my opinion, it's better to let Nicholas II pay for it.) It doesn't matter if he has no money. He asked him to exchange other things for it. For example, steel, machinery, raw materials, etc. Anyway, as long as it is used, hehe, it's okay, there's no ghost..." Fang Zida almost habitually said the movie line, blurted out before he reacted and shut up. Fortunately, Song Jiaoren didn't pay attention to what he said in the end, and focused his attention on the previous few sentences.

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